School Blog

It is great to see all students and staff back in school this week. I hope everyone has had a nice Christmas break with time to rest and do things they enjoy. I am very much looking forward to see what this term will bring. A lot of positive things happened in our school last term, which has led to great results.

I wish everyone the very best start to the new term and continued success.

Welcome to our Information Evening. If your child is registered in the queue or if you are interested in our school this is a good opportunity to find out more about our school and the admission process.

A grade nine student from IES Tyresö was crowned the winner after 18 bands and solo artists stepped forward to perform during the annual Internationella Engelska Skolan Modern Foreign Languages Eurovision Song Contest.

The popular competition is open to students at all IES schools and sees them perform a song in a language other than Swedish or English.

Stella said: “It was a strange feeling to hear that I had won. There was some very good singers from other schools. I knew that I had given a good performance and that I had a strong song but it's always a good surprise to win.

"I started in year 7 here at IES Tyresö so I've been learning French for three years. I like the language, I like how it sounds.”

Stella got the idea of performing the Indila song after a friend mentioned it in a French lesson and she realised it would suit her well.

She said: “I like to sing because it's fun and I can express feeling through songs. There are songs for all occasions, sad and happy.

"I've been singing since I was seven and I've performed on stage on several occasions previously so I have some stage experience but you can't take away the nervosity."

Her French teacher, Mr Guerneui added: “I knew that my student Stella was a very strong candidate for victory but when I heard the singers from Nacka and Gävle I felt that this year's trophy might as well go to one of these schools. The two girls had very strong and beautiful voices. It's my first year at IES Tyresö and we are still a relatively new school so I am glad that we won with our first attempt.”

Second place was awarded to Paulina Johnson of IES Gävle (pictured, left) who sang Mii Años in Spanish, while the third prize went to a band from IES Nacka made up of Felicia Elding, Louise Andersson, Alva Willers and Annie Wallin (pictured, below, right). Together they performed Colores En El Biento in Spanish.

This year the event was hosted by IES Bromma, other IES schools taking part included those from: Älvsjö, Täby, Kista, Skärholmen, Huddinge, Liljeholmen, Uppsala, Hässelby, Eskilstuna, Halmstad, Lund, Sundsvall, Johanneberg and Hässleholm .

The result means that, according to Eurovision tradition, IES Tyresö will host next year’s contest.

Mr Guerneui is looking forward to putting together next year’s event.

He said: “IES Bromma has set the bar very high this year but we are confident to maintain the same standard next year."

Happy New Year to everyone! I hope that all our students are enjoying their break and that you are having a great start to the new year.

We have a lot of things to look forward to as we start the spring term on January 10th 2017. Our year 9 students will shortly be out on “PRAO”, a Career Day is coming up, a Winter Sports Day, more House activities and new Units of work will be introduced by the teachers.

Have a great end to your holiday. I look forward to seeing staff and students soon again.

I would like to thank everyone who came to our Information Evening at Södertörns högskola last week. We were pleased to see so many people there and to get the opportunity to talk to you afterwards.

We have sent out information regarding offers to the 160 first students in our queue, as well as invitations to our Workshop Day in January. I look forward to meeting everyone then.

If someone declines the offer, the place will be offered to the next student in the queue. This means that there is a possibility to be offered a place at a later stage, for those who have not yet received an offer. This process will be ongoing until all places are filled.

Please let us know if you have any questions or if you would like to know more about our school, by writing to our administration admission.huddinge@engelska.se or by phoning 08-1201 7270.